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No. 550,381. Patented N0v. 26, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES NEXVELL RAND, OF GENEVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EMERY GALEN lVETHERBEE, OF PAINESVILL l, OHIO.

ORGAN-REED-BENDING MACHINE.

SI ECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 550,381, dated November 26, 1895.

Application fi1 d December 21,1894. Serial No. 532,610. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: and C are other permanent guides fixed Be it known that 1, CHARLES NEWELL to the table B, in the forward end of which 55 RAND, a citizen of the United States, and a is placed a sliding feed-bar C, operated by resident of Geneva, in the county of Ashtameans of a lever D, fulcrumed underneath 5 bula and State of Ohio, have invented a new the table A and actuated by means hereinand useful Machine for Bending Organafter described. Reeds, of which the following is a specifica- E is a bed-plate securely attached to the 60 tion. table A in advance of the spring-table B and This invention relates to bending organsupporting the heavier working parts of the IQ reeds, and has for its object to greatly facili machine.

tate, expedite, and perfect such work; and FFare two posts attached to and supported the invention consists in the peculiar 0011- on the bed-plate E at the central part of the 6 5 structions and combinations of mechanisms table A and adjoining the spring table or substantially as hereinafter described, and tray B. Gis an anvil fixed between the feet I 5 pointed out in the claims. of said posts F F and directly under the In the accompanying drawings, Sheet 1, springing end of said table 13. The tops of Figure 1, is a top or plan view of my new said posts F F are joined by a cap-plate F 70 reed'bending machine. Sheet 2, Fig. 2, is a H is a hammer fixed on the end of a lever I side elevation of the same. Sheet 3, Fig. 3, to play between said posts and over the said is a front end elevation. Sheet 4, Fig. 4, is anvil and spring-table. The lever I is fulan enlarged detail view of hammer and anvil crumed in a post J near the rear end of the portion of the machine and accompanying bed-plate E. mechanism in perspective, a portion of the h h are removable dies set in slots in the table broken away to partly uncover hidden anvil and hammer, having properly curved parts. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the hamfaces for making a bend in the point of the mer and anvil and their supports, showing a reed. A set of such dies is provided for all pair of bending-dies in their relative posisizes of reeds. 8o tions in the hammer and anvil, also showing K K are posts or pillow-blocks standing on a reed in section over the anvil-die and other the back corners of the bed-plate E, in which reeds 011 the table to follow said sectional is supported a shaft L, carrying a disk or reed in the operations of the machine. wheel M, having a pin m, which as the disk A is the table or bed of the machine sup revolves strikes the end. of the lever I, de- 85 ported on suitable legs. pressing that end and raising the hammer for B is a table or tray consisting of a sheet of making a stroke.

3 5 spring steel and is supported at its front end N is a curved spring attached to the capat the front side of the table or bed A by two plate F with its lower end bearing on the lelegs I) h and at a distance a little less than ver I. O is also a curved spring, secured to 0 half its length by two other legs 11 Z1 The the bed-plate E near the post J, its upper end balance of the tableB is left unsupported by bearing on the under side of said lever I.

legs or otherwise to allow it to be sprung, for The spring 0 serves to hold the hammer up a purpose hereinafter shown. while the disk M is rotating and carrying the C O are guide-pieces pivoted at the heel to pin 17?, around after it has operated on the le- 5 the table 13 at c c, leaving their points free to ver, so that the bent reed may be pushed be moved for expanding or contracting the from under the hammer and another reed space between them. Q is a curved spring pushed forward to take its place. The spring standing over said guides near the pivoted Nserves to prevent the hammerbeingthrown ends and having one end. secured to the table upward with force and. striking against the at 0 close to the guide-piece, the other end cross-cap piece F being left free tob'ear against the side of the P is a curved spring attached to the top of 50 other guide-piece,- the purpose of which is to the hammer and extending downward over provide for friction-bearing of the guides the spring-table, and is designed for depressagainst the reeds as they are passed between ing said table to bring the point of the reed them in the operations of the machine. down onto the anvil just as the stroke is made. As the hammer rises again the table springs up again and frees the reed, so that it may be pushed forward and delivered onto a receiving table or tray X.

011 the left-hand end of the shaft L is attached a crank-disk Q, to which is attached one end of a connecting-rod D the other end of which is adj ustably attached to the lever D, extending up through a slot in the table A.

R R are hangers secured to the under side of the table A, supporting a short shaft B on which is attached the levers D and D Lever D extends up through a slot in the table and through a slot in push-bar C by means of which said push-bar pushes the reeds along in succession under the hammer.

D is a post attached to the under side of the table, to the lower end of which is pivoted at its angle an angle-lever D, one end of which is adjustably connected by a rod D with the slotted lever D The other arm of lever D carries the vertical rod D that is connected with the push plate and bar" X This push bar and plate work in conjunction with the push-bar (1 so that as a reed is being pushed out from the guides O 0 onto the table X the bar and plate X are drawn back to make room for said reed to pass onto the table X.

On right-hand end of shaft L is placed a loose driving-pulley S, provided with a clutch T.

U is a post supported on an arm U on the bed-plate E.

V is a hand-lever pivoted to the top of post U one end engaging under a disk g on driving-pulley S, by means of which said drivin g-pulley and clutch T are thrown into and out of engagement with the shaft L for starting or stopping the machine.

XV is a reed-holding galley or tray, supported in an inclined position by means of a vertical rod held in a screw-clamp attached to the left-hand side of the table A. The lower end of said galley or tray is set upon the table B, so as to deliver the reeds thereon by gravity, the reeds placed side by side sliding down as the lowest one is pushed away.

X is a receiving table supported transversely to and close to the end of the table 3, upon which the reeds are delivered and upon which reeds are conveyed side by side to a receiving galley or tray W, supported at the right-hand side of the machine.

The operations of the machine are as follows: A galley or tray 7, containing reeds to be operated upon, placed side by side in the order as shown in Figs. 1 and 4:, is set upon the machine in an inclined position, with the lower end adjusted so as to have the reeds slide down onto the table 13 by'thei-r own gravity, the lowest reed passing in front of the push-bar C. An empty galley or tray is also attached to the machine, as seen at WV, connected to and in line with the table X. The machine is now ready for operation, and the driving-pulley being put into engage ment with the shaft L, the work proceeds as follows: The pushbar O is given a reciproeating movement, which pushes the lowest reed in the column from the feed-galley forward toward the hammer, at the same time the push-plate X is drawn back through the medium of the angle-lever D and vertical arm D at the same time also the hammer has been lifted and falls. These working parts of the machine are so adjusted that a reed is carried over the anvil, and while the push-bar C is receding the hammer falls. The downward movement of the hammer depresses the spring-table B through the medium of the spring-arm P. This brings the point of the reed-tongue down onto the anvildie, as seen at Fig. 5, and the stroke of the hammer bends the point. The hammer is moved upward immediately after the stroke by the spring 0. This relieves the pressure of the spring-arm P on the table B and frees the reed from the anvil, and now the forward movement of the push-bar C is repeated and the reed just operated upon is pushed forward above the anvil and onto the receiving table X, and the next reed follows and takes its place over the anvil. At the same time the push-plate pushes the finished reeds along on the table X toward the receiving-galley.

It will thus be seen that the machine is very rapid and perfect in its work, giving an ex,- act uniformity in the bend of the reeds.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In an organ reed bending machine, the combination of the table A, the springing table B mounted thereon, the pivoted guides O G, the spring O actuating said guides, the permanent guides C and C and the sliding feed bar 0*", playing insaid permanent guides adapted to operate,substantially as described.

2. In an organ reed bending machine, the combination of the table A, the spring table mounted thereon, the pivoted guides O C, the spring O actuating said guides, the permanent guides C and C the inclined feed galley TV, and the sliding feed bar C playing in said permanent guides, adapted to convey reeds from the foot of said galley substantially as described.

3. In an organ reed bending machine, the combination of the table A, the spring table B mounted thereon, the pivoted guides C C, the spring 0 actuating said guides, the permanent guides C and C, the inclined feed galley XV, the sliding feed bar O playing in said permanent guides, the anvil G and the hammer II, and means for operating the hammer in conjunction with the feed mechanism substantially as described.

OHARLEg NEVVELL RAND. Witnesses:

HENRY B. TIBBITTS, SARAH TIB'Brrrs.

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